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Creator:

Niblack, Albert P. (Albert Parker), 1859-1929  Search this

Gould, J. Loomis  Search this

Correspondent:

Barnett, George  Search this

Swan, James G., 1818-1900  Search this

Dawson, George Mercer, 1849-1901  Search this

Addressee:

Mason, Otis Tufton, 1838-1908  Search this

Extent:

1 Portfolio

Culture:

American Indian -- Northwest Coast  Search this

Tlingit  Search this

Haida  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Portfolios

Photographs

Date:

ca. 1885-1889

Scope and Contents:

Concern Indians of the Northwest Coast, mainly Tlingit and Haida.

Contents: (1) "Rough Notes: Unarranged. Ethnology of the N. W. Coast of America. Rough material from which smooth manuscript was prepared." March 10, 1889. Approximately 190 pages. Appears similar to text of Niblack, "The Coast Indians of Southern Alaska and Northern British Columbia," U. S. National Museum Report for 1888, Washington, 1890, pages 225-386. (2) "Notes on Hydah Indians, Alaska." 1886. Notebook, 35 pages. (19 microframes.) (3) Letter received from [George] Barnett. No date. 2 pages. Encloses notes on "Indian Steam Bath," 2 pages, "Indian Doctors Dance," 4 pages. (4) Description of an Indian cremation witnessed at Sitka, Alaska during the winter of 1886-87." ("as described for the writer by Lieut. George Barnett, U. S. Marine Corps.") 3 pages. (5) Letters received from James G. Swan, Port Townsend, Washington Territory. Material on N. W. Coast myths and Haida ethnology. 18 pages, total. July 7, 1885. 2 pages. November 5, 1885. 4 pages. May 4, 1886. 2 pages. December 2, 1886. 4 pages. December 20, 1886. 2 pages. October 18, 1888. 4 pages. (6) Letter received from J. L. Gould, Hydah Mission, Jackson, Alaska. August 5, 1886. 2 pages. Promises to forward myths. (7) Story of the Thunder, by Mr John. [From J. L. Gould.] Hydah Mission, Alaska, 1886. 4 pages. (8) Story of the Flood, by Mr John. [From J. L. Gould.] Hydah Mission, Alaska, August 25, 1886. 5 pages. (9) Drafts of letters sent by Niblack to "Prof." [S. F. Baird, Smithsonian Institution ?] April, June, 1889. 3 letters, 14 pages. Concern details of publication of Niblack's report.

(10) Letter of G. M. Dawson to O. T. Mason. March 25, 1889. Discusses published references to the Haida. 3 pages. (11) The Glacier. Tlingit Training Academy, Fort Wrangell, Alaska. Volume 1, Number 10, September, 1886 and Volume 2, Number 18, May 1887. 8 pages, total. Include articles on myths. (12) "A Hydah Legend." Newspaper clipping, No date. 1 page. (13) Descriptions of artifacts, carvings, or drawings ? 9 pages, legal size. (14) Miscellaneous fragmentary notes on odd-sized slips. Extracts from published sources, small unidentified sketches, page from expense account, etc. Of doubtful value. Approximately 33 pages. (15) Draft of a manuscript on the Juan Fernandez Islands, with sections on Alexander Selkirk, Daniel Defoe, and Robinson Crusoe. Approximately 85 pages, much disordered. Also printed copy of William Minto, Daniel Defoe, New York, 1884, 106 pages. (16) Photographs. Distant views of village or villages with totem poles. 4 prints, identified only as "Key I," "Key II," etc. On each, totem poles are numbered in red ink, but there is no accompanying description of the numbered poles. (17) Printed material, including the following: Boas, Franz. "The Development of the Culture of Northwest America." Science, Volume 12, Number 299, October 26, 1888, pages 194-196. Illustrations clipped from C. E. S. Wood, "Among the Thlinkits in Alaska," The Century Magazine, volume 24, number 3, July, 1882. 7 illustrations.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 4513

Topic:

Death and mortuary customs -- Alaska  Search this

Folklore  Search this

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Manuscript 4513, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS4513

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3ff457715-9dfc-4243-9ab3-7677e4ca5911

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4513

Creator:

Keystone View Company  Search this

Collection Collector:

Allen, George V.  Search this

Extent:

1 Stereograph (7 x 3.5 in.)

Culture:

Tlingit -- Mortuary customs  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Stereographs

Scope and Contents:

The item is number 21035 of an unidentified series. The number 9 is stamped on the front of the photograph. A large frame house is in the foreground. Behind it are the burial houses.

Local Numbers:

NAA INV.09961200

Collection Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

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Collection Rights:

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Topic:

Mortuary customs -- Tlingit  Search this

Collection Citation:

Photo Lot 90-1, George V. Allen collection of photographs of Native Americans and the American frontier, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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George V. Allen photograph collection of photographs of Native Americans and the American frontier

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw31e261242-e41b-40f0-80be-d5dcff5e3700

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-90-1-ref1840

Extent:

7 Pages

Culture:

Eskimos  Search this

Tlingit  Search this

Tanana  Search this

Arctic peoples  Search this

Indians of North America -- Subarctic  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Drawings

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents:

Signed with monogram "h" (probably mark of lithographer, "A. Hoen & Co. Lith., Baltimore"). Plate I Tribe-Malemiut "Mahlemute-Man and Woman" Published Plate Number III. Plate III Tribe-Kuskwogmiut "Kuskokvegmute--Male Summer Dress" Published Plate Number IV. Plate III Tribe-Kuskwogmiute "Beluga Hunter and Dwellings--Lower Kuskokvim, Alaska Published Plate Number V Plate IV Tribe-Togiamiut "Burial Place of Togiagamute" Published Plate Number VI Plate V Tribe-Tanana "Tennanah Tribe--Man and Woman" Published Plate Number VII Plate VI Tribe-Tlingit "Thlinkit and man from Copper River" Published Plate Number VIII Plate VIII "Yukon Tundra in Summer" Published Plate Number I.

Local Note:

color lithographs

Topic:

Mortuary customs -- Eskimo  Search this

Genre/Form:

Drawings

Citation:

Manuscript Anonymous Non-Indian Artist, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS87827

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Alaskan Eskimos and Indians, and an Eskimo burial site

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw340b0f9b0-5eef-4733-b583-f69de38a33f5

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms87827

Creator:

Eaton (photographer and/or collector)  Search this

Extent:

20 Prints

Culture:

Tlingit  Search this

Chilkat Tlingit  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Prints

Place:

Alaska -- glacial features

Date:

ca. 1906

Scope and Contents:

Subjects: Chilkat Indians, surveyors' camp on Chilkat River, Alaska, and geological and scenic views in Chilkat Valley, Alaska, made and/or collected by a Mr Eaton. U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, apparently in connection with a boundary survey, ca. 1906.

Catalog Number 4579: (1) Tribe: Tlingit (Chilkat) Description: Tlingit woman weaving baskets Photographer: Mr Eaton Date: ca. 1906. (2) Tlingit (Chilkat) A Chilkat Indian family Mr Eaton ca. 1906. (3) Tlingit (Chilkat) A Chilkat Indian grave Mr Eaton ca. 1906. (4) Tlingit (Chilkat) The Orca or Whale Killer. (front of a charnel house) Mr Eaton ca. 1906. (5) Camp near boundary across Chilkat River. Timber cutters. Mr Eaton ca. 1906. (6) Camp on boundary, Chilkat River Mr Eaton ca. 1906. (7) Looking down Chilkat Valley Mr Eaton ca. 1906. (8) Terminal moraine of a glacier Mr Eaton ca. 1906.. (9) A hanging glacier Mr Eaton ca. 1906. (10) Surface of glacier showing crevasses Mr Eaton ca. 1906. (11) Baldy Peak Mr Eaton ca. 1906. (12) Ice caps in the summits. Mr Eaton ca. 1906. (13) An inacessible point Mr Eaton ca. 1906. (14) Dyen River near Canyon City, Alaska Mr Eaton ca. 1906. (15) Young spruce and pine restocking a burnt area Mr Eaton ca. 1906. (16) Running the line through birch and alder timber Mr Eaton ca. 1906. (17) Head of Chilkat glacier Mr Eaton ca. 1906. (18) Boundary Monument Number 47I. Chilkat Valley. Mr Eaton ca. 1906. (19) "An icy road ahead" Mr Eaton ca. 1906. (20) A vista along the line across Chilkat Valley Mr Eaton ca. 1906.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 4579

Local Note:

Filed: Photos, Northwest Coast

Topic:

Photographs  Search this

Basket making  Search this

Death and mortuary customs  Search this

Camps -- Alaska  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 4579, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS4579

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw392109b88-7999-482d-90c2-acbec89da8b1

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4579

Collector:

Grainger, George  Search this

Extent:

3 Slides

Culture:

Tlingit  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Slides

Slides (photographs)

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents:

Transparencies are of Tlingit rock shelter or cave burials, probably 18th century or earliier, on the shores of an island in South East Alaska near Ketchikan.

Catalog Number 4765: (1)-(3) Tribe: Tlingit Description: Color transparencies of Tlingit cave burials, probably 18th century or earlier, on the shores of an island in South East Alaska near Ketchikan.

From Mr Grainger's letter of transmittal, (January 17, 1966): "...Apparently the central figure is of a Tlingit native. The empty boxes appear to be of Russian or Chinese origin. However there was at least one native steamed board box, sans nails. The matting and rope are apparently of cedar bark weave. The sacrificial skull might possibly date this burial site before the purchase of Alaska in the era of slavery. The area is all above ground overhanging rocks in a sort of cave..."

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 4765

Topic:

Mortuary customs -- Tlingit  Search this

Alaska -- Ketchikan -- cave burials  Search this

Genre/Form:

Slides (photographs)

Citation:

Manuscript 4765, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS4765

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3515304fc-7a6c-402e-a4b1-afaa835a034f

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4765

Extent:

2 Pages

Culture:

Tlingit  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Drawings

Date:

undated

Local Numbers:

OPPS NEG SI.4,109

OPPS NEG.14,838-a

Local Note:

Drawings are stylistically similar to representations of same subjects in A. P. Niblack, "Coast Indians of Southern Alaska," USNM-AR for 1888, Washington, 1890 (cf. Plate LXV, Figure 349; and Plate LXIX, Figure 356). Possibly drawn by a member of the Geodetic Corps connected with the survey of Alaska, 1885-87; or drawn from photographs taken by Niblack or others.

graphite and ink wash drawings

Topic:

Mortuary customs -- Tlingit  Search this

Totem poles -- Tlingit  Search this

Genre/Form:

Drawings

Citation:

Manuscript Anonymous Non-Indian Artist, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS76607

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Wolf totem on grave and mortuary column at Chief Shake's house

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw33251d10a-0f4a-4828-a134-1727966452f4

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms76607

Creator:

Swan, James G., 1818-1900  Search this

Addressee:

Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902  Search this

Extent:

18 Pages

2 Drawings

Culture:

Tlingit  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Drawings

Date:

January 15, 1881

Scope and Contents:

Description of mortuary customs of the Akaskan Indians on Prince of Wales Islands and Tongass, southwestern Alaska, and two drawings of which Swan was an eye witness during his cruise on the U. S. Revenue Steamer Oliver Wolcott in the summer of 1875.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 2389

Topic:

Death and mortuary customs  Search this

Genre/Form:

Drawings

Citation:

Manuscript 2389, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS2389

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3133ea7a3-0a13-4a77-ba8d-c47177fd9d54

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2389